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Perspective Statement Critique

What is an essential truth about the Vietnam War?
In the space below, write three 1-2 sentence perspective statements that answer this question from your point of view.
These could be variations on a theme, or three different ideas you have for how to answer this question.
1. Use different sentence structures! Remember, you can always use NPAs, Verbal Phrases, or Concessives
to make your writing more interesting, complex, and varied.
2. Make them interesting
3. Not a statement of fact
4. Catch the readers attention

Perspective Statement 1:

Perspective Statement 2:

Perspective Statement 3:

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Critique #1:_________________________________________________
(Write critic name here!)
1. Which of the three perspectives above is most interesting to you? Why?

2. For that statement only, write three quotes from The Things They Carried that could be used to support this
perspective.
a. Quote #1

Page #

b. Quote #2

Page #

c. Quote #3

Page #

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3. Does it use an NPA, verbal phrase or concessive?

a. If YES, rewrite the statement below using a DIFFERENT sentence structure. Its okay if this changes the
meaning a bit!

b. If NO, rewrite the statement using one of those sentence structures in a way that improves the
statement and makes it more interesting.

4. If you were going to turn this perspective into a art/writing project of any form (that you could actually do in less
than 2 weeks with the resources we have), what form would you choose, and why?

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Critique #2:_________________________________________________
(Write critic name here!)
1. Which of the three perspectives above is most interesting to you? Why?

2. For that statement only, write three quotes from The Things They Carried that could be used to support this
perspective.
a. Quote #1

Page #

b. Quote #2

Page #

c. Quote #3

Page #

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3. Does it use an NPA, verbal phrase or concessive?

a. If YES, rewrite the statement below using a DIFFERENT sentence structure. Its okay if this changes the
meaning a bit!

b. If NO, rewrite the statement using one of those sentence structures in a way that improves the
statement and makes it more interesting.

4. If you were going to turn this perspective into a project of any form (that you could actually do in 2 weeks with
the resources we have), what form would you choose, and why?